Bill Text: OR HB3265 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to health care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3265 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3265-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1173

                         House Bill 3265

Sponsored by Representative BENTZ; Representatives ESQUIVEL,
  HICKS, HUFFMAN, KRIEGER, SPRENGER, WHISNANT

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires state agencies to use in-state providers of health
care items and services instead of out-of-state providers under
specified conditions.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to health care.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + To the extent permitted by federal law, an
agency of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, may not
use moneys from the General Fund to pay for health care items or
services from an out-of-state provider if:
  (1) A provider that can furnish the same or a better quality
item or service is available to furnish the item or service and
is reasonably accessible to the person needing the item or
service; and
  (2) The market for health care items and services is
competitive in the geographic region where the items or services
are to be purchased. + }
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